Jerry Lewis
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday16 March 1926
Died20 August 2017 (age 91)
Place of birthNewark, New Jersey, USA
Known credits195
Biography
Jerry Lewis (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director and singer. He is best-known for his slapstick humor in stage, radio, screen, recording and television. Lewis is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Lewis won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and The Venice Film Festival, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
100 Years of the Idiot: A Jerry Lewis Centenary
2026
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025 · Self (archive footage)
From Darkness to Light
2025 · Self
Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Ballad of Addie and Moze
2024 · Self (Archival Footage)
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024 · Self - Comedian (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
2022 · Self - actor
Mystery Reel
2022
The Dark Side of a Hollywood Icon
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
2021 · Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021 · Self
Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo
2020 · Self
TV Story Superstar
2020 · Self (archive footage)
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019 · Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017 · Self
Dying Laughing
2017 · Self
Max Rose
2016 · Max Rose
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
2016 · Self (archive footage)
The Trust
2016 · Jim's Father
The Last Laugh
2016 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Clown
2016 · Self
The Story of... The Day the Clown Cried
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014 · Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
Till Luck Do Us Part 2
2013 · Bellboy
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Close Up
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012 · Self
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011 · Self
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011 · Executive Producer
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011 · Self
Pierre Étaix, un destin animé
2011 · Self
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
2009 · Stationmaster (voice)
The Nutty Professor
2008 · Professor Julius Kelp / Buddy Love
The Nutty Professor
2008 · Characters
Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis
2006 · Self
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
2005 · Self
Hollywood Legenden
2004 · Self
A Tale of Two Sisters - Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin: The One and Only
2004 · Self
Cher: The Farewell Tour
2003 · Self (archive footage)
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002 · Self (archive footage)
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